Signature Campaign: Edward Keenan and Staff Members

signature campaign: So it's not going to happen, according to The Toronto Star. Mayor John Tory's staff members are fond of pointing out that holding property tax increases to the rate of inflation was one of his signature campaign promises, Edward Keenan writes. This includes Mayor John Tory, whose staff are fond of pointing out that holding property tax increases to the rate of inflation was one of his signature campaign promises. Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star file photo That didn't stop researchers at the Ryerson University Centre for Urban Land Research from tackling the question. In straight-up dollars paid, only five out of 29 municipalities in the GTA charge less than Toronto. They concluded that, by regional standards, Toronto has very low property taxes. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.